Blacktail Deer Plateau beware the storm that gathers here

Grayday arrived on the borders just behind Easy, who was to thank for getting him there so quickly. He'd found that by keeping a loose grip on his daughter's tail, he could navigate the dense forest at record speeds. Of course, this new trick would soon be lost, if only for a while.

"Get over them over the mountains as quickly as you can," the man said to Aditya under his breath, hoping that Dawn wouldn't hear him saying these things. "I want them both far away from this."

He turned and swept Easy into a firm embrace. Tears stung in his eyes as he prepared to send off one of his youngest brood. She was far past the age that Dawn had been when she had begun to wander, and somehow, that only made him more anxious. If she didn't have the knack for it, she could be in very real danger. "You be good for your brother and sister. Listen to them, and be strong and swift-footed. Alright?"

Aditya and Dawn would take care of her, he knew. It was just scary to send her off for the first time on her own, without Daddy there to make it all better.